RE: A LONG OVERDUE MOBILE APP ?

Dear Team :

Allow me to add to this group , my nephew , Ketan Sayta and grand-daughter Manali Chitalia

Ketan has over 20 years of experience in SAP and is currently working with American Micro , in Pune

His contact details are : (M) 96,57,53,38,00 / saytake@gmail.com

Manali is grand-daughter of a close friend . She just completed a 2 year course in Graphics / Animation from Pune and is currently undergoing a 6 month internship with PERSISTENT TECHNOLOGIES , in Pune

hcp

From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 7:25 AM
To: Hemen Parekh; L&T G K Apte; Ravi Apte; Sanjay Thakore
Cc: abhinandan.pm75@gmail.com; shuklendu.baji@sentientsystems.net; Prashant Sharma
Subject: A LONG OVERDUE MOBILE APP ?

Dear Friends :

The way our Lok Sabha / Rajya Sabha members are behaving / performing of late , has been disgusting , to say the least !

It is high time , some of us start , what might be called , an " Indian Spring " ( but very democratically peaceful , as opposed to the Arab Spring which started a few years back - and still continues its bloodshed , all over the Middle East )

My idea is to launch , either an ONLINE SURVEY ( using Google Forms ) or a freely downloadable Mobile App ( which self-destructs after a single use ? )

In either case , we will need to send out thousands of emails , requesting recipients to " click to vote " or download the App from Android / iOS store

I reproduce below , one of my blogs , which could be the BASIS for designing/developing , such an ONLINE SURVEY or MOBILE APP

I have no knowledge of Google Forms but my colleague Prashant Sharma , recently helped devise one , which I sent out as an Email to some 1500 MLAs

May be , he can quickly put together one for ROMP ( Recall Our Member of Parliament ) and circulate to all of us , as a beginning

And then , Ravi's team is expert in developing Mobile Apps and should not find this , any great challenge !

Can we make this a COLLABORATIVE  GROUP  PROJECT , where each one of us offer to do something to contribute ?

Apart from the concept , I will contribute by sending out a few lakh emails ( for which , I have compiled databases )

Once ready , we can even persuade other like-minded citizens / organizations to contribute to spread the message ( through Social Media ? ) for citizens to come forward and use this Survey / Opinion Poll

MOST  IMPORTANT :

*  In the Survey / App , there will need to be a provision for the user to enter the name of the MP from his constituency.

I do have a database of their Names with their Email Ids . Can this be embedded in the Form / App ?

Most citizens don't know/remember who is their local MP !

Then again , why should we insist that a citizen should " Vote to Recall " , only the local MP from his constituency ?

If I see that some MP from UP / Bihar is consistently misbehaving in Parliament and failing to perform his / her duties , why not use the APP to express my disapproval as a citizen ?

Hence , if a user sees a drop-list of MPs on his Mobile App , he may be able to " associate " such a name ( " Sakshi Maharaj " ? ) with such bad behavior , even though that MP is not from his constituency !

Then the APP can display names of " voted " MPs with the " Negative Scores " , in descending order !

*  How can we " Aggregate " the responses received and display where everyone can see ?

I request all of you to mark copies of your Emails to all members of  our Group so that all know everyone's suggestions , comment

with regards,

hemen parekh

(M) 0 - 98,67,55,08,08

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Thursday, 6 August 2015

ROMP - A Panacea ?

In past few years , our Lok Sabha has been repeatedly paralyzed by slogan shouting MPs

Perhaps , the past two weeks were the worst in the history of Lok Sabha , with no business conducted

Someone suggested that MPs be made to lose their salaries for this period , following the universally / legally accepted rule : No Work , No Pay

This won't work . Our crore-pati MPs could not care a hoot for loss of pay !

Only thing that might work :

A mobile app called , " ROMP / Recall Our MP " ( Idea for a Start-Up ? )

Only voters who qualify as follows , will be permitted to use this App , in order to recall an MP :

*  He must be on Electoral Roll

*  He must have actually voted ( even if NOTA ) , in the last general election

   { This criteria is bound to boost voting percentage to 95 %  ! No need to

      make voting compulsory  ! }

*  He can " Vote to Recall " , only MP who got elected from the constituency

   from where he cast his vote in last election

*  He can vote only if there is no Criminal charges filed against him

*  The App itself will accept his " Rating / Vote " only on two days of the year

   announced by the Election Commission for each constituency

*  Any other criteria that readers may wish to suggest ( crowd-sourcing )

ROMP will show following criteria , with " YES "  or "  NO " buttons against each :

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LOG-IN :

#    Suspend MP for next Session................................ YES.......NO

#    Recall MP.............................................................YES ..... NO

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Justify your recommendation by " Rating " your MP , below

( Unless rated on each criteria , your vote will be invalid )

Is this MP ( who is being rated by you ) :

#     Honest.............................................. YES........NO

#     Of high Integrity................................. YES........ NO

#     Sincere.............................................. YES........ NO

#     Hard-working ....................................  YES........ NO

#     Punctual.............................................. YES.......  NO

#     Dignified............................................  YES........  NO

#     Follows Speaker's Orders.....................   YES........  NO

#     Good Listener.......................................  YES......... NO

#     Awaits his turn to speak.......................... YES........ NO

#     Asks only relevant questions..................  YES........ NO

#     Approachable to Voters..........................  YES....... NO

#    Answers Voters' Emails promptly...............  YES......  NO

#    Provides regular feedback to Voters ............. YES.......NO

#    Addresses other MPs with respect...............  YES..........NO

                                        SUBMIT

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Conditions governing use of  ROMP  :

>   It can be downloaded from the web site of Election Commission , upon

     filling up a form, requiring all kinds of proof that you are a genuine voter

>   Upon being satisfied ( that you are a genuine voter ) , the Server will

     issue a User ID and Password, to log in before you can use the App.

     It would be better still , if biometric identification is integrated with the

     App , since AADHAR cards are already having such identification

>   ROMP can be downloaded only once

  

>   At least 66 % of the Voters who had actually voted in that Constituency

     during the last General Election , should take part in ROMP event for it

     to be considered valid

    

>  Only in case more than 2/3rd ( > 66 % ) of " Ratings " cast recommend

    Suspension or Recall , will the Election Commission / Speaker act

    according to People's Mandate

>  However , in case where those 66 % are divided between " Recall " and

    " Suspend " , then " Suspend " will prevail

>  Rating results will be made public on Election Commission web site on the

    next day and also published in leading Newspapers

I do believe that the present NDA government is keen to introduce / pass ,

"  RIGHT  TO  RECALL  BILL  " in Lok Sabha as part of Electoral Reforms

Except that the combined opposition may defeat it in Rajya Sabha  !

Which MP would want to sign his own death-warrant  ?

But even without a legal backing , I feel ROMP would have a salutary effect

on the behavior of our MPs , who would know that they are being watched,

and their conduct is being evaluated ! - and will be made public  !

ROMP , along with my earlier suggested mobile Apps ,

( look up hemenparekh .... in )

>     VotesApp

>     I SIN><U SIN ,

will take us many steps closer to a Digital India

If you endorse my views , please forward to all Policy Makers

If not , please do come up with a better idea !

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hemen  parekh

07 Aug  2015

hemen  parekh